AmF7M Well, grey clouds wrapped round the town like elastic GCC/B Cars stood like toys made of Taiwanese plastic AmF7MGG4G The boy laughed at the spastic dancing around in the rain AmF7M While laundrettes cleaned clothes, high heels rub toes GCC/B Puddles splashed huddles of bus stop crows AmF7MGG4G Dressed in their suits and their boots, well they all look the same
FG I took myself down to the cafe to find all CC/BAmG the boys lost in books and crackling vinyl FGCC7 And carved out a poem above the urinal that read
FG Don't you cry for the lost, smile for the living CC/BAmG Get what you need and give what you're given FG Life's for the living so live it Am Or you're better off dead
(Am) DmC GCC/B AmDmC GG4G
AmF7M While the evening pulled the moon out of its packet GCC/B Stars shone like buttons on an old man's jacket AmF7MGG4G We needed a nail but we tacked it till it fell off the wall AmF7M While pigeons pecked drains, sparks flew like planes GCC/B The rain showed the rainbows in the oil stains AmF7MGG4G And we all had new iPhones but no one had no one to call
FG And I stumbled down to the stomach of the town CC/BAmG Where the widow takes memories to slowly drown FGCC7 With a hand to the sky and a mist in her eye she said
FG Don't you cry for the lost, smile for the living CC/BAmG Get what you need and give what you're given FG Life's for the living so live it Am Or you're better off dead
(Am) Em FCC/B AmEm GG4G
AmF7M Well, I'm sick of this town, this blind man's forage GCC/B They take your dreams down and stick them in storage AmF7MGG4G You can have them back son when you've paid off your mortgage and loans AmF7M Yeah, hell with this place, I'll go it my own way GCC/B I'll stick out my thumb and I trudge down the highway AmF7MGG4G Someday someone must be going my way home
FG Till then I'll make my bed from a disused car CC/BAmG With a mattress of leaves and a blanket of stars FGCC7 And I'll stitch the words into my heart with a needle and thread
FG Don't you cry for the lost, smile for the living CC/BAmG Get what you need and give what you're given FG You know life's for the living so live it CC7 Or you're better off dead
F Don't you cry for the lost G Smile for the living CC/BAmG Get what you need and give what you're given FG You know, life is for the living so live it N.C.